Firefly Design Studio Designer Challenge - Round 2

I host a designers challenge on Facebook and round 2 voting started today!  30 designers purchased a kit with the same pendant and had 2 color choices, blue or brown.  Since it's summer time, our theme is a starfish on the beach.  Here are the 2 kit choices:

 

There is also a polymer clay connector in the kit made by Cory Tompkins, but it was a secret component when I took these pictures Lol.  Everything in the kit has to be used with any beading technique and any additional supplies from their personal stash.  I have opened up the group for voting through Friday, June 3rd at midnight EDT.  All likes and comments on the designers 4 pictures counts as a vote.  A necklace, bracelet and earring pair plus a group shot has been uploaded to the Facebook group for voting.  There are 3 prizes.  One for the most votes from the public, one for best use of the ceramic components and one for best use of the polymer clay connector.

Our next round will be in the fall and I am thinking a bird on a branch would be a fun theme! You are all invited to join the group and play along!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1670109743205467/

Monday Muse & Beady Link Party

Hello Art Bead Scene friends and a happy Monday to you! Let's start the week off with a big dose of beach-inspired beads. My annual Bead Cruise sets sail in 2 weeks so I'm all about the sea at the moment. 

And...and...and...registration for the 2017 Bead Cruise opens today. Yeah!!! Our early bird registration filled up 1/2 the spaces over the weekend so if the Bead Cruise has been on your bucket list head over to beadcruise.com to read all about our next adventure! 

Now on to the beads! 

This little crab makes feel so smiley, I can't help but think I need one! This cutie is from Captured Moments

And wouldn't he be adorable with earrings made from my crabby charms? You can find them in Humblebeads Etsy shop. 

I love the simplicity and delicate look of these tiny lampwork sand dollars Lori Bergmann.

 These funky lampwork sucker beads are so much quirky, Nikki from Thornburg Bead Studio is always coming up with something fun!

And I love this cuff from Suzie Q Beads, appeals to the wanderlust in my heart as I prepare for my next adventure.

And look at these wonderfully clay charms from our sponsor Areto Beads. She captured the look of aged bronze covered in sea salt. Love them!

Beady Link Party

New for Mondays! I've been loving visiting your blogs.

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Haven't blogged in a while? It's the perfect time to share what you have been up to, what you find inspiring, your creative process, interview a favorite beadmaker, review a beady book - get creative and get blogging!

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